Punching-register.



N0. 633,982. Patented Oct. 3; mas.

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PUNGHIIIG REGISTER.

(Lpplicafiion filed Dec. 0. 169a 2 Sheats8heek i.

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UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE;

CHARLES. sneer, on NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

PUNCHING-REGISTER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent m5. 633,982, datedOctober 3, 1899.

i Application filed December 6, 1898. Serial No. 698, 406. (N model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it knownthat I, CHARLES Bnnsr, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New Albany, in the county of Floyd and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Punching Registers;and I do declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains tomake and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to figures ofreference marked" thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of the register. Fig. 2 isa top plan view of same with the top plate of casing removed. Fig. 3 isa section on the line'csm, Fig. 2. Fig.

4 is a detail view showing the tripdevices;

the numeral 1 designates a suitable case or, closure mounted upon a baseor pedestal 2.

3 is an arbor mounted transverselyin'said case and carrying a mainspringat, inclosed in a box 5, and having a gear-wheel or gear-.'

teeth 6 thereon, which engage a pinion 7 on ashaft 8. Shafts carries aspur wheel 9, which meshes with a pinion 7 on a third shaft 10, uponwhich are fixed two cams 11'and12 and-also an arm 13. The cam 11 and arm13 are inside the case, while the cam 12, which operates the punch 14,is on the laterally projecting end of said shaft. j I

15 designates an electromagnet, which is shown as being placedwithin'the hollow base or pedestal 2, and 16 is the armature thereof.This armature is carried by the lower arm of a lever 17, which ispivoted at 18, and has at its 'upper'portion a lateral lug or projection19.

20 is a trip device consisting of a bar or lever pivoted at 21 andhaving at its free end portion adjacent segmental lugs 22 22, whichcooperate with the lug 18in the manner hereinafter'described. Dependingfrom thepivotal portion of the said bar or lever 20 is an arm 23, whichterminates in an inward laterally projecting finger or lug 24, againstthe under side of which the arm 13 of the shaft 10 normally impinges andthereby locks the entire train of gear controlled by the mainspring.

25 designates an arm or bracket having a journal port-ion 26, upon whichis mounted a spool or'reel 26, carrying the ribbon 27 of 1 paper.

28 designates a pair of guide-rollers journaled to the exterior of oneof the lateral walls of the case and through which the paper ribbon isguided on its Way to the punch 141. The latter isseated to reciprocatevertically in a lug 28 ,sec1ired to the exterior of the side plate ofthe casing and whichhas a perforated anvil portion 29, between which andthe portion 28 through which the punch works the paper is guided. 3Odesignates a coiled spring for retracting said punch after operation.

31 is a peripherally toothed or serrated feed wheel or disk which isfixed to the laterallyprojecting end portion of a shaft 32 and whichassisted bya small roller 33 draws the ribbonof paper. from the spooland feeds it I by'the punch. The roller 33 is journaled to one arm ofalever 34, to whose other arm is connected one end of a spring 35,whereby "the said roller is caused to press the ribbon upon thefeed-wheel 31.

35f designates a toothed segment or sector plate which is pivoted at 36and whose teeth engage the teeth of a pinion 37 loosely mounted on theshaft 32,- described aboveas carrying the feed-wheel 31. p p 7 38 is asmall elongated coiled spring,.one end portion of which issecured to alateral stud or projection 39 of the toothed plate 35,

and whose opposite end is secured to a stud or projection fixed to thecase. The said plate also has a small laterally-mounted stud or roller40, which is engaged by the canon before referred to. The shaft 32 alsocarries a spur-wheel 41, 7

fast thereto and having a ratchet-and-pawl engagement 41 with the pinion37 abovedescribed, whose teeth mesh with a pinion 42 on a shaft43. Shaft43 has an escapement-wheel 44, whose teeth are engaged by the pallets 45of an anchor-escapement 46, carried by a Weighted rocker-shaft 47.

The operation is as follows: Normally the flat side of the projection 19of the armaturecarrying lever 17 is in contact with a flat side of thelower segmental lug 22 of the trip device 20, and the arm 13 of theshaft is engaged with the finger 24 of the said trip device, therebylocking the main train of gear from operation. WVhen the magnets receivethe signal-current impulse, the attraction of the armature 16 rocks thelever 17, thereby disengaging the lugs 19 and 22 and engaging lug 19with the fiat side of the lug 22 of the trip device, arm 13 of shaft 10still engaging the finger 24. As soon as the armature is released a'ndis retracted by its spring the trip device is momentarily released bythe lug 19, which passes between the convex faces of the lugs 22 and 22,and the shaft 10 under the actuation of the mainspring makes onecomplete revolution, its cam 12 impinging upon the punch and causing thelatter to pass through and perforate the ribbon. During the revolutionof the shaftlO a pin or stud 13 on its arm 13 comes in contact with theinner edge of the arm 20 of the trip device 20, and thereby returns saidlever to its normal position, with its finger 24 in position to form astop for the arm 13. The revolution of shaft lO'also brings the cam 11in contact with the stud or roller of the segment or sector plate 35,and thereby moves said plate downwardly, the pinion .37 engaged therebyturning loosely on the shaft 32 and with respect to the gear-wheel 41 byreason of the pawI-and-ratchet connection 41. This movement of the plate35 puts the spring 38 under tension, whereby as soon as the movement ofthe shaft 10 is completed said spring draws said plate 35 upwardly, andthereby rotates the shaft 32 and its feed-wheel 31 to advance the paperribbon, Each succeeding current impulse causes a repetition of'theactions described. It will be understood, therefore,

that the action of the current impluse is simply to momentarily releasethe mainspring and its gear-train to actuate the punch and that thisaction also rewinds the spring 38, which operates the ribbon-feed. Thetrip device 20 has an arm 20 in rear of its arm 23, which by engagementwith the shaft 10 limits the rocking movement of said device when it isreleased.

The punch is ground to cut a perfectly round perforation and requiresbut little power to operate it.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a modified form of armature-restorer andtrip device. In this form I employ a lever 48, which is similar to thelever 20 of the device first described and which is provided with a lug49 at its free end portion, having a beveled face 50, The armature leveris formed with a coacting triangular lug 51. Said armaturelever also hasa pin or stud 52, adapted to engage a recess 53 on the end of a latch orcatch 54, which is pivoted to the casing at 56. The end of said latch orcatch above the recess 53 is beveled, as indicated at 55. 57 is aslotted link connected at one end portion to the intermediate portion ofthe latch or catch and whose slot loosely engages a stud 58 on the lever48. The normal position is shown in Fig. 5, the armature being held ashort distance away from the magnets. The current impulse in the magnetsattracts the armature and moves the armature-lever to disengage the pin52 from the recess 53, and the catch 54 drops into the position shown inFig. 6. Upon the cessation of the current impulse the armature-lever,which is now free from the said catch, is moved by its spring todisengage the lugs 49 and 51. As soon as these lugs are disengaged thelever 48 drops under the action of gravity and frees the arm 13 of theshaft 10 from its engagement with the finger 48 0f the lever 48. Theshaft 1-0 then makes its revolution to operate the punch, and duringsuch revolution the pin 13 contacts with the arm 48 of the lever 48, andthereby returns said lever to its normal posit-ion. The return movementof this lever lifts the catch or latch 54, and its beveled end contactswith the pin 55 of the armature-lever, forces said lever back to normalposition, and reengages said pin 55 with the recess 53.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a register of the class described, the combination with aregistering device, a mainspring and gear driven thereby for operatingthe registering device, a lock for said geartrain, a trip device forcontrolling said lock, an electromagnet for controlling said tripdevice, paper-feeding devices. a spring for actuating the same, andmeans whereby said spring is automatically rewound by the op eration ofthe main gear-train, substantially as specified.

2. Ina register of the class described, the combination of a punch, ashaft, a cam carried by said shaft and arranged to operate said punch, amainspring and gear-train for operating said shaft, a lock for saidgeartrain, a trip-lever for controlling said lock, and a magnet forcontrolling said lever, together with paper-feeding devices, a springfor actuating the same, and means whereby said spring is automaticallyrewound by the operation of the main gear-train, substantially asspecified.

3. In a register of the class described, the combination with a punch, ashaft for actuating thesame, a mainspring and gear-train for actuatingsaid punch, a lock for said train, a trip-lever for controlling theoperation of IIO said lock, an electromagnet and an armature whichcontrol the operation of said lever, paper-feedingdetdces, a spring foractuating the same, and means whereby said spring is automaticallyrewound by the operation of the main gear-train,substantially asspecified.

4. In a register of the character described, the combination of a punch,a mainspring and gear for operating the same, a lock for said gear,electrically-controlled means for releasing said lock, paper-feedingdevices, a spring for actuating said devices, and means whereby saidspring is automatically rewound, or put under tension, by the operationof said mainspring and gear when released, substantially as specified.

5. In a register of the class described, the

combination of a punch, a mainspring, and gear for actuating the same,said gear includ ing a shaft having an arm or projection, the pivotedtrip device carrying a finger which is normally engaged by said arm orprojection, and also carrying the adjacent lugs 22 and 22, and themagnet-controlled armature wound by the operation of the niainspring andits gear, substantially as specified.

' 7. Ina register of the, character described, the combination with apunch, a mainspring and gear-train for operating the punch, andelectrically-controlled means for controlling the operation of saidspring, said gear-train including a shaft, and a cam on said shaft, ofpaper-feeding devices, gear for actuating the same, a toothed segment orsector plate which actuates said gear and which is ar ranged to be movedin one direction by said cam without affecting the gear-train and aspring fastened to said plate at one end and fixed at its opposite end,substantially as specified.

8. In a reglster of the class described, the

combination with a punch, a spring and gear train for actuating thesame, and electrically controlled means for controlling the operation ofsaid spring and gear-train, the latter including a shaft having a camthereon, a paper-feeding wheel, a gear for driving the same, escapementdevices for regulating the operation of said gear, a toothed sector orsegment plate which engages said gear, and which is arranged to bemovedin one direc= tion by said cam, and a spring for actuating said plate inthe opposite direction, substan tially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. BERST. W'itnesses:

O. A. RAY, R. A. LUGENBAHL.

